Libbey Reviews

Pros

Employed for 30+years, good pay, medical benifits, 401k with company match, company retirement. Opportunities for advancement.

Advice to Management

Good leadership practices. Current operation uninterrupted for 44 years from 1973-2017 with continued investments in technology in US

Pros

lots of room to move up

Advice to Management

none

Pros

Flexible hours, good pay, onsite cafeteria.

Advice to Management

Listen to lower level employees to improve company & culture.

Pros

Good People that all have been there a very long time.

Pros

Pay starts out pretty good, benefits (at the time), easy work.

Pros

It's a job. Thats about it.
They often set out free glass for you to take.

Advice to Management

The management team needs to be completely wiped clean. Two of the managers have absolutely no clue what the job the CRR CRA entails. They are also very deceptive in the interview and when you first start. They tell you "it's ok to make mistakes," "if you it takes you 6 months to learn the job its fine" that is not the case at all because you will be fired for making mistakes. They will keep telling you you are doing fine when clearly you are not.

Pros

Generous vacation, some strong leaders, moving into cutting edge technology (although cloud ERP may be bleeding edge technology)

Advice to Management

Award top performers, not "top talkers".
Decrease infighting, negative politics and personal agendas that undermine the mission of the business. Tactics frequently include distortion and filtering of information, finger pointing, and reprisals. Ask for, and use, facts not just "gut" hopes and hearsay, to make decisions.
Remember that consultants will tell you what you want to hear and their biggest objective is to make money for themselves. Utilize your internal resources more for planning and strategy.
Fill key vacant leadership positions with experienced / proven and knowledgeable candidates (it costs Libbey far more to have someone inexperienced, or without relevant experience in 15+ years) and check their credentials! Current leadership does not have all of the functional knowledge and is making some naïve decisions because they don't have real experts advising them in key areas.
Have managers focus more on developing and empowering their employees rather than treating their frontline experts like dumb tools. You have many extremely talented people that know their area better than their boss does. Leverage it!

Pros

Rich heritage and history, pride in employee output

Pros

Good fringe benefits, competitive pay.

Advice to Management

You already have talented people. Listen to them! It's 2016, the old way of doing business is obsolete and will lead to more problems (i.e. Toledo strike).

Pros

Competitive pay and benefits with nice vacation time (except, depending upon your manager, some don't really want you to use it). Clean and modern office space. Some friendly co-workers.

Advice to Management

Give the employees that you have a chance to prove themselves and in turn, yourselves a chance to lower your turnover rate. The fact that well-known and respected companies across the NW Ohio region are aware and discussing Libbey's TO rate could potentially be hurting the business. Also, increase positive communication across all departments and locations.